What a couple of days...
So...yesterday I woke up with a bit of an upset stomach. Nothing big, just some kind of 'icky' feeling. I had a physical therapy appointment (bursitis in my right knee) and I went there and just didn't feel that good. Kinda nauseous which happens sometimes since I've had my surgery so I didn't think too much about it. Well, around 11 or so I started feeling really bad and dry heaving. At about noon, I finally had to call my husband as I felt an incredible pain in my upper abdomen like a belt tightening all the way around my mid-section at the level of my xyphoid (bottom of breast bone). If I still had a gall bladder I'd swear that's what it was as that's what it felt like when I had it removed 12 years ago. I was terrified that maybe it was something relating to my surgery - it almost felt like everything was coming apart in there! So, hubby comes home and takes me to the ER and after about 5 hours, 1-1/2 bags of fluids, 2-3 different meds, X-rays, blood work, urinalysis, and lots of dozing off, they had no idea what it was. They said that my x-ray showed a lot of gas in my upper right quadrant, maybe that's what it was. I started feeling a little bit better so they sent me home. I felt okay for about an hour, then it came back with a vengeance. I started dry-heaving again and (sorry) went to the bathroom (TMI, I know) and I felt better. Still a bit icky, but about 80% better. This morning, my stomach felt better, kinda like the day after you get over a bad stomach flu. But...this scratchy throat that I've had for a few day**** me hard. It felt as if I were swallowing razor blades and swollen to the point that I could barely swallow. So...I called my primary care and got in to see her and she said I've either got strep, mono, or a really bad virus. She said my throat looked like raw hamburger. Joy. I called my mom and was saying how I couldn't afford to be sick! I have too much going on. She said (as only a mom can), "Maybe this is God's way of telling you to slow down." Sigh...
So, anyway, my question. My husband noticed yesterday while we were waiting at the ER that I had these purple spots on my face. They look like just little pin *****s - not raised, swollen, or anything, just teeny spots all around my right eye (he said it looked like someone hit me). Then later in the day I noticed them around my left eye and under my chin. Now my face has freckles so it's hard to tell if they're elsewhere, but definitely where I mentioned. I'm thinking maybe broken blood vessels from the dry heaving - it was pretty intense - but I've never had anything like that happen before. Or maybe it is part of the virus manifesting itself in the skin?! I dunno - bizarre!! Any ideas?!
Michelle
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